MMSL 2013, 82(4):162-171 | DOI: 10.31482/mmsl.2013.026

BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE ALCOHOLS: CYCLIC ALCOHOLSReview article

Jiří Patočka ORCID...1,2*, Kamil Kuča ORCID...2,3
1 Department of Radiology and Toxicology, Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
2 Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital; Hradec Kralove; Czech Republic
3 Center of Advanced Studies, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

The subjects of this article are cyclic alcohols with hydroxyl group bound directly to one carbon of the three- up to six-membered ring. They are thus predominantly secondary alcohols. These are substances frequently used as synthons in organic synthesis and many of them are important raw materials of chemical industry, such as cyclohexanol. Some cyclic alcohols were also found in nature, the bulk of them belong to the category of monoterpene substances. Many of them have biological activity, which is also discussed in this article.

Keywords: cyclic alcohols, coprine; monoterpene; menthol; pestalothiopsin; biological activity

Received: October 31, 2013; Revised: November 11, 2013; Published: December 5, 2013  Show citation

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